Re: [OT] XP and DOS

From: Chaos Master (spammers.fuck_at_spam.com.INVALID)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:13:11 -0300

Boris Mohar escreveu:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am new user to XP. One crucial DOS software that worked well under
> Win98 on a P2 also works under XP P4 albeit about ten times slower. The
> program is used to lay out PC boards and the slowdown comes when complex
> shapes (copper pour) on different layers are required to be filled in. I knew
> that there would be some penalty due to emulation but I thought that it would
> be made up for by faster processor and graphics card. Apparently not, or am
> I doing something wrong? BTW the DOS program is called PCB386+ from Orcad,
> now Cadence.

Try running it inside DOSBox. http://dosbox.sf.net .

If you have a fast computer the speed will be good. 

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